BETA Technologies has today announced that SLI, one of Libra Group’s aerospace subsidiaries, has placed a firm purchase order for 25 ALIA CTOL electric conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) aircraft.
SLI was launched by Libra Group in 2023 as the world’s first dedicated space leasing company, providing flexible asset financing solutions for a wide spectrum of space assets. The company will now additionally lease the new ALIA CTOL (CX300) aircraft to operators in the intra-city and regional aviation sectors, according to a joint press release.
In addition to regular passenger and cargo transportation, ALIA will serve SLI’s anticipated critical-need mission set, which encompasses priority cargo and medical passenger transport, with more energy and cost-efficiency than conventional aircraft, says the release.
According to Patrick Buckles, BETA’s Sales Lead. “Our ALIA platforms are designed to support everything from sustainable business and leisure travel to essential missions like disaster response, firefighting, and humanitarian aid, answering the wide range of critical and commercial applications SLI manages. This is the extension of a longstanding partnership, and we look forward to working with SLI as we round the corner into commercial operations.”
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